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Nick Smith vs Ruth Jones

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Nick Smith and Ruth Jones voted the same way 100% of the time, based on 1,129 shared comparable votes.

1,127 same votes 2 different votes 1,129 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
97 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
97 Aye 49 No
58 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 129 shared votes
58 Aye 71 No
26 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
26 Aye 74 No
41 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 60 shared votes
41 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
97 Aye 49 No
Tax 100% aligned 146 shared votes
97 Aye 49 No
58 Aye 71 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 129 shared votes
58 Aye 71 No
26 Aye 74 No
Migration 100% aligned 100 shared votes
26 Aye 74 No
41 Aye 19 No
Education 100% aligned 60 shared votes
41 Aye 19 No
35 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 100% aligned 58 shared votes
35 Aye 23 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

74.8%
2% above average
Rank 316 of 650
Participation
77.7%
5% above average
Rank 253 of 650
1,799
2,406 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,354
1,742 eligible divisions
1,024
56.9% of votes cast
Aye votes
704
52.0% of votes cast
775
43.1% of votes cast
No votes
650
48.0% of votes cast
5
0.3% of votes cast
Against party
16
1.2% of votes cast
16 years, 5 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
7 years, 6 months
Since 4 Apr 2019

Debates

96
+5.0 vs Commons average
Rank 225 of 650
Appearances
60
-31.0 vs Commons average
Rank 414 of 650
125
-33.5 vs Commons average
Rank 300 of 650
Contributions
85
-73.5 vs Commons average
Rank 422 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,595,067
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,494,987
all imported IPSA years
£251,492
11% above average
Latest expenses
£296,369
31% above average
0
0 registered categories
Registered interests
4
3 registered categories
2
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
6
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Education
89 of 96 votes
#1
Work / Employment
71 of 80 votes
#2
Work / Employment
63 of 71 votes
Housing
59 of 67 votes
#3
Education
61 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
71 of 82 votes
#4
Migration
136 of 154 votes
Brexit / EU
178 of 212 votes
#5
Housing
47 of 54 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API